Ben Frankiln Museum - Audio tour
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I am apprehensive that I shall not be ableto find leash A from making all the disc rescissions and experiments which would be desirable on this subject. I must therefore content myself with a view remarks. The specific gravity of some human bodies in comparison to that of water has been examined by Mr Robinson in our philosophical transactions. Volume L Page 34 the year 17 57 He asserts that fat persons with small bones float most easily upon the water. We have here waistcoats for swimming which are made of double sailcloth with small pieces of cork quilted in between them.